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When the TV cameras cut to the Manchester City bench this weekend keep an eye on Rodolfo Borrell and the rest of the coaches as they gather around a tablet device.

This is the latest tool being used by City to try and gain an edge in the Premier League and chief operating officer Omar Berrada has given an insight into the way it works and how it's helping Pep Guardiola and his staff.

The SAP Challenger Insights equipment is used during the game to help show substitutes who they should be marking and what roles they should carry out when they come on to the pitch.

In a week when analysis tools have hit the headlines following Marcelo Bielsa's hour-long presentation to reporters on his own methods at Leeds United, in the wake of the spy-gate scandal, City are looking to exploit an advantage of their own during games.

Guardiola passes on information to Kevin De Bruyne before he comes off the bench (Image: PA)

It's a new development for the Blues, with a rule only passed before the start of this season allowing clubs to use technology in the technical area, and City have been at the forefront of the change.

Speaking at the Leaders in Sport innovation event in London, Berrada said: "The most recent example we can talk about is the Challenger Insights tool being used by Pep and his assistant coaches in the dugout.

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"So this is about being able to use a tablet to show tactics on set-pieces, on the opponents, to show a substitute when they're going to come on the pitch who they should be marking at certain moments of the game, where it's corners or different set-pieces.

"It facilitates the transmission of information that usually would have been done on a piece of paper or verbally and it helps bring it to life in a very visual way, a very advanced way.

"Rodo, who is our third coach, is the one you will see when he's speaking to the substitutes about coming on to the pitch he uses the tablet, shows all the information and gets the player as ready as possible to compete."